Movie Trailer: FootlooseUprooted from Boston and reluctantly transplanted to the small Bible Belt town of Bomont, Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald) finds himself in a repressed community still reeling from a devastating loss in this remake of the popular 1984 musical romance. Shortly before he arrived in Bomont, five local teens perished in a tragic car accident following a local dance. As a result, the upstanding Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) and the local councilmen passed a strict ordinance outlawing both dancing and excessively loud music. Convinced that the new law is hopelessly misguided, rebellious Ren puts on his dancing shoes and wins the heart of Reverend Moore's distraught daughter, Ariel (Julianne Hough), while showing his fellow classmates that it's perfectly normal to blow off a little steam with some loud music and good friends.

"FOOTLOOSE"

Director Craig Brewer (“Hustle & Flow”) takes the helm for this remake of the popular 1984 musical romance about a big-city teen who moves to a town that has outlawed dancing.

Uprooted from Boston and reluctantly transplanted to the small Bible Belt town of Bomont, Ren McCormack (Kenny Wormald) finds himself in a community reeling from a devastating loss. A few years earlier, five Bomont teens perished in a car accident following a local dance. As a result, the Rev. Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) and local councilmen passed a strict ordinance outlawing both dancing and loud music.

Convinced the new law is hopelessly misguided, rebellious Ren puts on his dancing shoes and wins the heart of Moore’s distraught daughter, Ariel (Julianne Hough), while showing his fellow classmates that it’s perfectly normal to blow off a little steam with some loud music and good friends.

The soundtrack includes “Footloose” by Blake Shelton and other music by Zac Brown, Lissie, Ella Mae Bowen, Jana Kramer, Whitney Duncan and more.

Three fanatical bird watchers (Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black) compete in a yearlong contest to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of breeds flying into the U.S.

Soon, however, the three discover there are more important things than coming out on top in the annual competition.

Rashida Jones also stars, and David Frankel directs.

“The Big Year” was first a best-selling book by Mark Obmascik and published in 2004 about the 275,000-mile odyssey of three obsessives in the birding contest in 1998.

The movie, while drawn from the book, happens in present day complete with technology that didn’t exist a decade ago — smartphones.

Syracuse University graduate Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut, “Higher Ground,” depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith.

View full sizeCourtesy of Universal Pictures The horror film “The Thing” is a prequel to the 1982 film. This time Joel Edgerton (left) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are fighting an alien in Antarctica.

“THE THING"

An American paleontologist and a team of Norwegian scientists fight for their lives against a shape-shifting extraterrestrial that can mimic any living creature in this prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic.

Upon receiving word that the Antarctic research team has unearthed an alien craft, paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joins the group to explore its secrets. Upon finding a creature inside the spaceship, Kate estimates it’s been dead for centuries, but it’s really been lying dormant in the ice. Suddenly revived during a crucial experiment, the alien begins methodically mimicking each member of the crew undetected. By the time Kate realizes this, it may already be too late. Paranoia among the crew intensifies, and it’s up to Kate and the crew’s pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to make sure the extraterrestrial menace is exterminated before it has the opportunity to escape.